[Pythonmac-SIG] py-rdiff-backup?

[Chinook]

*** I posted this on the rdiff-backup list, but the traffic there is 
next to nothing, so it being a python package I'm taking a shot at the 
pythonmac community :-) ***

Ok, lets take a different shot at this :-)

I would like to checkout rdiff-backup usage on Mac OS X (10.4.2)

1)  Are there any other such users out there?

2)  I want to use the full functionality but there are two limitations, 
namely ACLs and EAs.  The various port packages have "librsync" included 
as a dependency but do not include pylibacl and pyxattr.

    2a)  EA support: supposedly with "pyxattr" recognized, but in Mac OS 
X the proper module is "xattr" which I have in my pythonmac 2.4.1 
installation (/usr/local/) and in the DarwinPorts environment 
(/opt/local/).  Other than my PATH variable, how do I get rdiff-backup 
to recognize "xattr?"

    2b) ACL support: supposedly with "pylibacl" recognized, but I can't 
find any such thing for Darwin.  The "standard" download setup.py checks 
for Linux and Free-BSD only and quits.  Having looked (with my limited 
understanding) at the Carbon "FPGetACL" which pylibacl would, I believe, 
have to get down to, I'm not adventurous enough to just add Darwin to 
the setup.py.  Is there any merit in pursuing this aspect?


Thank you,
Lee C